Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: What the fuck is a PBM? and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/23/shield-of-boringness/
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TOMORROW (September 24th), I'll be speaking in person at the Boston Public Library!
https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events?startDate=2024-09-24&endDate=2024-09-24
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The paperback edition of The Lost Cause, my nationally bestselling, hopeful solarpunk novel is out this month!
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865946/thelostcause
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What the fuck is a PBM?: Matt Stoller's got you covered (but your health insurer doesn't).
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113187483028441282
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Cory Doctorow (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Terminal-stage capitalism owes its long senescence to its many defensive mechanisms, and it's only by defeating these that we can put it out of its misery. "The Shield of Boringness" is one of the necrocapitalist's most effective defenses, so it behooves us to attack it head-on. -- If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/23/shield-of-boringness/#some-men-rob-you-with-a-fountain-pen 1/
Kevin Driscoll 📳੯‧̀͡⬮@pluralistic I was hoping against all reason that this would be about the wacky .pbm image format 💾
@pluralistic When we finally beat the bastards back, we can all glory in obscure monochrome file formats ;,,,-)